Carboy box



Sept. 8, 1925.

C5.4 H. TOZIER CARBOY BOX Filed Nov. 9, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l "nuunlunl .LITTORNEYS Patented Sept. 8, 1925A.

UNITED STATES 1,552,809 PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. TOzTEE, OF nocHEs'rEza, NEW YORK, AssGN'On 'ro EAsTMAN KODAK COMPANY, or ROCHESTER., NEW Yon-x, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

CARBOY- Box.

Application filed November 9, 192s. serial No. 673,805.

To all whom t may concern.' ,l

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. TozTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemeiits in Carboy Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to containers, and particularly to containers for carbo-ys. One object is to provide a carboy box having means for cushioning horizontal and vertical blows, such as are customarily received. in shipping such articles. Another object is to provide a frame which closely embraces the carboy. Another Object is to provide the cushioning means between the carbo holding frame and the box. Another o'ect is to provide a box which may be, use with different sized crates for shipping different sized carboys. Other objects will appear hereinafter in the specification, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end thereof,

In the drawings: r

` Fig. 1 is a `section on line 1-1 Fig. 2 showing a carboy in a shipping box con structed in accordance with and illustrating one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the carboy and l box shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the carboy holding frame;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of a spring holding block, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the box with the carboy frame removed; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4, showing a bottom plan of the spring holding block.

This container was particularly designed for holding large carboys of acid where great care must be taken against breakage in shipping. The bottle 1 may be of glass of the well known type having substantially straight sides 2, a concave bottom 3, neck 4, and a stopper 5.

This carboy is carried by a frame 6, best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, consisting of a plurality of frame members 7 each of which may have an inner longitudinal concavity at 8 to closely iit the sides 2 of the carboy l. These frame members are supported by bottom members 9 fastened together at the center 10 (Fig. l). It will thus be seen that the carboy 1 is supported at a plurality of i points' 11 upon the bottom members 9 where these members Contact in a horizontal plane with the bottom and the sides 2 are sup- ;ported throughout a substantial part of theheight of the bottle by the side supporting members 7 where these membersy contact carries on each end a spring holding block 12, fastened in any preferred way. Each block, see F igs.` 4 and 6, has a wedge shaped groove 13 cut therein so las to form holders for the ends 14 ofthe springmembers 15.

The springs are preferably of suitable stout Wood such as selected ash. Each groove 13 is such a size and shape that the ends/14 do not slide in the groove 13 when the spring member is compressed. As shown in dashed lines in Fig. 3, when pressure is applied at 16 thezcenter.'portionA of the spring iattens out. This structure forms a strong resilient slpring whiehwill absorb the shocks between t e box andthe carboy. y

Like the side supporting member 7 each bottom supporting member 9, also carries a spring holding block 22. These blocks are just like blocks 12 in structure. The ends 24 of spring members 25, also preferably of wood, are confined in grooves 23, and the center portions 26 of the spring members cross beneath the center of the carboy.

Since the carboy side supporting members 7 are resiliently mounted they will automatically care for different sized carboys within certain limits; beyond which supplementary frames 6 of different size must be provided. It is, however, usually preferable to vary the size of the box in proportion.

The bottom spring members 25 rest upon the bottom 30 of box 31, and the side spring members slide into grooves 32, preferably made by fastening strips 33 on the triangular corner boards 34. This construction allows either the carboy and frame to be loaded into the box, or the carboy to be loaded into the assembled frame and box as may be desired.

The corner boards 34 support the sides 37 of the box, and handles 3S in the form of cleats may be attached to the sides as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, if desired. v

It should be noted that as the springs have a very lsinall portion contacting with the box,

`wish to be limited to this form, andv contemplate as within the scope of my invention all such modifications and equivalents as may'come within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters` Patent is:

1 In a carboy container, the combination with an inner frame adapted to engage the sides of a carboy, of a box, spring members between the framek and box, said spring members being attached to one of the above named parts and having a. slidable connec tion with the other part.` f

2. In a carboy container, the combination with an inner member adapted to engage a plurality of faces of a carboy, of a box adapted to receive the inner member, springs for supporting the inner member in the box, the springs being attached to the inner 'member n 3. In a carboy container, the combination with an inner member adapted to engage a adapted to receive the inner member, springs for supporting the inner member in the box, the springs being attached to the inner of a carboy, spring holding blocksy at the ends of the inner member, a spring member held bythe blocks and bowed outwardly between the blocks, abox adapted to receive the inner member and spring, said bowed springs engaging a portion of the'box.

6. In a container, the combination with an inner member adapted to engage a face of a carboy, spring holding blocks at the ends of the inner member, a spring member held by the blocks and bowed outwardly bektween the blocks, a box adapted to receive the inner member and spring, a corner of the box having a grooved corner member in which the bowed spring may slide to space .the inner member from the box.

7. In a container, the combination with a frame for engagingthe side and bottom V,walls of a carboy, of a box adapted to receive the'inner frame and carboy, of springs support-ing the inner frame spaced from the box, said springs being bowed and having Vthe bowed portion contacting with the box. plurality of faces of a carboy, of a box4 Signed at Rochester, New York, this 31st day ofOctober, 1923.

GEORGE I-I. TOZIER. 

